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Google’s Licensing Program to Pay Publishers Won’t Solve Its News Problem
Faced with the increasingly vocal criticism that it’s one of the primary reasons why newsrooms are struggling, Google announced today a new licensing program that will pay certain publishers for content ahead of launching a “new news experience” later this year.
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At Least 20 VPN And Ad-Blocking Apps With 35 Million Downloads Actually Monitored Users’ Phones
At least 20 ad-blocking and virtual private network (VPN) apps owned by analytics firm Sensor Tower may have been secretly spying on users’ phones, according to a BuzzFeed News investigation on Monday.
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U.S. Feds Find Fourth Amendment Workaround, Buy Phone Locations From Marketing Firms
Sidestepping the need to obtain a search warrant, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has reportedly been accessing phone location data belonging to millions of Americans by buying it straight from private marketing firms. The data is drawn from seemingly ordinary phone apps, including mobile games and weather apps, the Wall Street Journal reports.